Schranz, who died earlier this year, had his base in Pfarhof,Peterskirchen for many years and was a partner of Gottliebe von Lehndorff. He was neighbours with Popol Vuh who also lived at this place for a while in the early 70s.

The documentary contains part of the 'Improvisation'-video of Popol Vuh, shot on location, and some footage that has Florian Fricke in the company of others who lived there.

2016.08.12 - Cortona Mix Festival 2016 - Popol Vuh in one program with Johan Sebastian Bach and Arvo Part in a concert for voice and musicians with Caterina Murino and Riccardo Vannuccini, on august 4.

2016.07.18 - In the trailer of the new horror film ‘The Conjuring 2’, ‘Brüder des Schattens’ appears at about 29 seconds

2015.12.21 - ‘Parallelograms’, a new experimental documentary film by Steve Rowell will be premiered at the Transmediale Festival (February 2016) in Berlin as an installation (video loop, map, text). Music by Popol Vuh: ‘Kha-White Structures I’ and ‘In den Gärten Pharaos’. See trailer at Vimeo.

2015.03.15 - Waxwork Records made following announcement on Facebook today: ‘We are beyond thrilled, and truly honored to announce, that Waxwork Records will be releasing a definitive, expanded double LP release of POPUL VUH's score to Werner Herzog's NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE’. Also on Instagram: We are beyond thrilled and honored to announce that we will be releasing an expanded, definitive double LP of Werner Herzog's NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE. Composed by POPOL VUH, we have been working directly with Florian Fricke's (Popol Vuh founder) family to create the ultimate LP release of the score. @_jseamans of LANDLAND will be creating album art and the score is being remastered for vinyl by @jyuenger. This will be the first of numerous Herzog/Popol Vuh scores we will be releasing on wax. See also: Bloody Disgusting

2014.11.12 - Stephan Mathieu produced the soundtrack for ‘Sacred Ground’, a documentary about the Wounded Knee and Mount Rushmore memorial sites in South Dakota, by Tim Grünewald and Ludwig Schmidtpeter. Mathieu: “dedicated to Florian Fricke (1944 – 2001), whose soundtracks with Popol Vuh for Werner Herzog were a huge inspiration during my work for the feature”. Find it here: Schwebung

2014.09.08 - The Quietus (august 29th, 2014): "Too Much The Darkness" The Werner Herzog Soundtracks Of Popol Vuh", an article by David Stubbs – author of ‘Future Days’(2014), to mark the British Film Institute's release of their stunning Werner Herzog blu ray box set. David Stubbs discusses the director's legacy of collaboration with Florian Fricke.

2014.09.07 - "Danny Wolfers aka Legowelt, composed a new soundtrack for Werner Herzog's 'Aguirre, The Wrath of God' at the invitation of Film Fest Gent, Vooruit and art collective Stroom. Once described as an extremely intense and colorful living painting, this film tells the story of an obsessed and insane quest for the secret golden city of El Dorado through the inhospitable jungles of the Amazon rainforest. Danny Wolfers is a Dutch electronic producer and DJ who became world famous under the name Legowelt. He made a shortened, more visually oriented version of the film and provides the soundtrack with live synthesizers. Partly inspired by the original enchanting soundtrack by the German krautrock band Popol Vuh and the insane and legendary protagonist Klaus Kinski. This screening takes place in the Theaterzaal of Vooruit" (24-10-2014/20:00). See: Vooruit and Youtube

(from: Vooruit)

2014.08.23 - This fall Souljazz will release the Kailash-dvd and soundtrack, as well as the long-awaited Piano Recordings supplemented by the three ‘Spirit of Peace’-tracks.

2014.07.03 - After several months of delay, the album ‘Valerio Cosi plays Popol Vuh’is finally available now from the Dreamsheep label in a vinyl edition of 500 (400 black and 100 red vinyl).

2014.01.03 - Italian netlabel Batenim released the album ´Germania´ by The Gateless Gate (Allister Thompson). Thompson pays tribute to German electronic music from the 70s. Last track is dedicated to Florian Fricke: “Für Florian Fricke”. Download: Batenim. Listen: bandcamp. Release date: December 25, 2013.

2013.08.15 - New solo album of Gary Lucas will appear in October on Northern Spy Records, featuring versions of favourite music from films of Fellini, Hitchcock, Tati, Tarr, Herzog (Aguirre) a.o.

2013.03.26 - The Barcelona-based Wah Wah label announces the release of first five Popol Vuh albums in special editions for september. Have a look in their interesting backcatalogue in the meantime: www.wah-wahsupersonic.com

2012.08.15 - To be expected this month: 'Affenstunde' on vinyl, released by Paris-based Klimt Records. Unofficial release.

2012.06.16 - To be released in september on P.W.Elverum & Sun: 'Ocean Roar', new album by Mount Eerie, containing a cover of 'Engel der Luft'.

2012.06.15 - Out now through Pampa Records, 'Aimlessness', a new album by Dntel. Concerning the track 'Paper Landscape', Dntel writes: " Originally I made this song for a live set that was centered around the music of Popol Vuh. I cut up their song 'Engel Der Luft' and then added some modular synth melodies that were created by a random pattern generator. I like that there are moments where the synth melodies really work perfectly and then parts where they clash. I’m very thankful that I got permission to use the Popol Vuh samples, the song wouldn’t have worked without them” ( Altsounds )

2012.05.10 - DUBLAB and The Goethe-Institut Los Angeles Present: Krautrock Classics, An Evening of Cosmic German Music (Friday, June 1 2012).

2012.03.30 - To be released in april by Fruits de Mer Records: 'Head Music', double album with krautrockcovers. 'Mantra II' by Zenith: Unto the Stars2012.03.15 - At the Suoni per il Popolo-festival in Montréal a promising "receation of Popol Vuh's 'Nosferatu' soundtrack by William Hesselink" is planned for june, 11th: A Reluctant Evil: Werner Herzog and Popol Vuh’s Nosferatu the Vampyre. See: www.suoniperilpopolo.org.

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2011.12.28 - Archie Patterson of Eurock:

2011.12.16 - Reprise of 'Miesbach, der Moog und die Mayas: Der Klangmystiker Florian Fricke und seine Band Popol Vuh' on Deutschlandfunk, december 25, 20:00 (8 pm)2011.11.13 - New 12" by International Feel Studio with rendition of 'Morgengruss II', titled 'Morgengruss III'. Listen: soundcloud2011.11.03 - In a blindfold-test Frank Fiedler will be led through 400 years of Music history on WDR 3 (radio), 17.12.2011 at 23.052011.08.05 - On youtube: Impression of 'Record release Preview Night' at Cookies, Berlin, june 23th 2011, filmed by Frank Fiedler.2011.07.27 - New single by Locrian with coverversion of 'Dort ist der Weg'. To be released on Flingco Sound System in september. Listen here: bandcamp2011.06.16 -

2011.05.23 - New video by Frank Fiedler on Youtube, with promising outtakes from 'Revisited & Remixed 1970-1999' combined with unseen footage from the early days of Popol Vuh.2011.05.23 - On the tenth anniversary of the death of Popol Vuh's founder Florian Fricke, SPV Records are releasing a double disc collection of Popol Vuh material. Popol Vuh: Revisted & Remixed (1970-1999) includes soundtracks composed for Werner Herzog's Nosferatu and Aguirre: Wrath Of God, Moog III tracks, and remixes from the likes of Mouse On Mars, Stereolab, Moritz Von Oswald, Thomas Fehlmann, Mika Vainio and others. The compilation will be released as a double CD at the end of June.2011.05.23 - Part Two of the Art on Air Radio Show of David Weinstein on Popol Vuh (may 23th 2011)2011.05.12 - David Weinstein talking to Johannes Fricke on the new Popol Vuh release: ‘Popol Vuh Revisited and Remixed for Art on Air (may 9th, 2011)2011.03.24 - To be expected for release in june: Popol Vuh Revisited - 'The Best of Soundtracks and Electronics' & 'The Remixes'.

2010.12.01 - 'Hosianna Mantra' was performed at the Sacred Music Festival at Brown University (12 november)2010.10.05 - German radiostation Bayern 2, on october 30th (8.05-9.00) : Miesbach, der Moog und die Mayas - Der Klangmystiker Florian Fricke und seine Band Popol Vuh2010.05.03 - Recent uploads by Frank Fiedler on Youtube: ‘A Little Rock Symphony’, realized with Thomas Elmar Cartier and Guido Hieronymus. In two parts: part 1 and part 2.2010.02.24 -The newest issue of the Shindig! magazine (nr.15, march-april 2010) contains an interesting 4-page article on Popol Vuh written by Stuart Heaney: 'Mirage Music - Popol Vuh's spectral soundtracks to the early films of Werner Herzog. See: Shindig!152010.01.28 - 'Spirit of Peace 3' is part of the soundtrack for 'Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky' (2009) by director Jan Kounen.2010.01.06 - A Celebration of Popol Vuh - Indepedent record label Sonic360 produced a series of events, each series focusing on a chosen legendary recording artist and their body of work. A hand-picked selection of albums from the artist’s catalogue will be played over a series of weekly sessions, 2 albums per night, at the magical 200 year old structure of Shoreditch Church, London. Artists and titles are chosen on their suitability to the Church’s wonderful acoustics and ambience.
The first series of sessions will be A Celebration of Popol Vuh25th Feb 2010: Albums: Affenstunde, In Den Garten Pharaos
8th Apr 2010: Albums: Hosianna Mantra, Aguirre
15th Apr 2010: Albums: Nosferatu, Sei Still, Wisse Ich Bin
22nd Apr 2010: Albums: Coeur De Verre, Agape-agape

Bettina told me once of the license Florian gave to some people from Eastern Europe for releasing several Popol Vuh titles. Recently I found evidence for this. In 1996 Andrzej and Mira Boryna(Boryna Foundation) had a personal meeting in Munich with Florian Fricke. During that meeting they got from him a licence for several titles on their Ananda Music label. Above mentioned albums – and maybe more? - were released on cassette. The Boryna Foundationis a organization dedicated to spreading the idea of using music as a tool for healing, therapy, supporting education. They consider Florian Fricke is one of their ‘Spiritual Patrons’.